Review Article

The Added Value of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions to Mass Drug Administration for Reducing the Prevalence of Trachoma: A Systematic Review Examining

Table 3

Reported reduction of trachoma prevalence.

ReferenceLength of studyBaseline trachoma prevalenceAfter interventionPercent reduction Added value

Cumberland et al., 2008 [13]3 yearsControl60.7%54.5%10.0%59.2%
Overall71.4%35.6%50.0%
Khandekar et al., 2006 [14] 3 yearsControl10.2%5.54%46.1%
Intervention13.8%02.3%83.0%
Lansingh et al., 2010 [15] 1 year
Control49.6%30.0%ā€‰
Intervention47.7%
21.2%ā€‰